STA. ELENA (CAM. NORTE) COLLEGE INC.

Purok 10, Brgy. Sta. Elena (Pob), Sta. Elena, Camarines Norte
Tel. No. 054-885-0700

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AB PSYCHOLOGY

COURSE SYLLABUS

INSTITUTIONAL VISION: The Sta. Elena (Cam Norte) College Inc. envisions to be a leading educational institution in the province of Camarines
Norte. It is fully committed to quality education, build character for a humane society, inculcate culture of research, promote inclusiveness in diversity,
develop a sense of environmental stewardship and initiate advancement in technology, with administrators
faculty, students, and alumni who are excellent and responsive to the needs of time.

INSTITUTIONAL MISSION: The Sta. Elena (Cam. Norte) College Inc. provides learning environment conducive to the enhancement of skills
formation of good character and development of competencies necessary and relevant to produce professionals who are highly competitive and
research-oriented, technically proficient and with a deep sense of social responsibility to the community and the world.

SUBJECT CODE: GE 8
SUBJECT DESCRIPTION: Ethics deals with principles of ethical behaviour in modern society at the level of the person, society and intervention with
the environment and other shared resources (CMO 20 s 2013)

Morality pertains to the standards of right and wrong that an individual originally picks up from the community. The course discusses the context and
principles of ethical behaviour in modern society and the behaviour of people in our present time at the level of individual, society, and in interaction
with the environment and other shared resources. The course also teaches students to make moral decisions by using dominant moral frameworks
and applying a seven-step moral reasoning model to analyze and solve moral dilemmas.

The course is organized according to the three (main elements of the moral experience: (a) agent, including context-cultural communal, and
environmental; (b) the act, and (c) reason of framework (for the act).

UNIT: 3
COURSE: ETHICS
DAY/TIME:
TIME ALLOTMENT: 3 HOURS
INSTRUCTOR: Eldron M. Zaño, MAEd, LPT.

SCOPE:

This course is designed to develop the learners’ characteristics, values, morals, and conducts through reflection and synthesis of different
topics regarding ethics such as the ethical dimension of human existence, utilitarianism, natural law, deontology, virtue of ethics, and making
informed decisions (synthesis). Through these topics the learners would be able to have right decision making, moral values, and to be able to
have own right principles in life to be a better individual of the family, society, and before God.

At the end of the course, the students must be able to:

1. Differentiate between moral and non-moral problems.
2. Describe what a moral experience is as it happens in differentiate levels of human existence.
3. Explain the influence of Filipino Culture on the way students look at moral experiences and solve moral dilemmas.
4. Describe the elements of moral developments of moral development and moral experiences.
5. Use ethical framework or principle to analyse moral experience.
6. Make sound ethical judgments based on principles, facts, and the stakeholders affected.
7. Develop sensitivity to the common good.
8. Understand and internalize the principles of ethical behaviour in modern society at the level of the person society, and in interaction with the
environment and other shared resources.

LEARNING OUTLINE AND TIMEFRAME

 WEEKS COURSE CONTENT/ SUBJECT MATTER

Week 1-3 CHAPTER 1. ETHICAL DIMENSIONS OF HUMAN EXISTENCE

- Value

-Clarifications and terminology

-kinds of valuation

-Ethics and morals

-Descriptive and Normative

-Issue, Decision, Judgment, and Dilemma

-Reasoning

-Sources of Authority:

a. Law

b. Religion

c. Culture

-Senses of the Self

a. Subjectivism

b. Psychological Egoism

c. Ethical Egoism

Week 4 CHAPTER 2 UTILITARIANISM

 -The Principle of Utility

-Principle of the Greatest Number

-Justice and Moral Rights

Week 5-8 CHAPTER 3 NATURAL LAW

-Thomas Aquinas

-Greek Heritage

-The Essence and Varieties of Law

Week 9-10 CHAPTER 4 DEONTOLOGY

-Duty and Agency

-Autonomy

-Universalizability

CHAPTER 5 VIRTUE ETHICS

Week 11-13 -Happiness and Ultimate Purpose

-Virtue as Excellence

-Moral Virtue and Mesotes

 CHAPTER 6 SYNTHESIS: MAKING INFORMED DECISIONS

Week 14-17 -The Moral Agent and Contexts

-Moral Deliberation

-Self, Society, and Environment

Week 18 Compliance of Final Requirements and Final Exam

DESIRED COURSE CONTENT/ REFERENCE/S TEACHING & ASSESSMENT RESOURCE TIME

LEARNING SUBJECT MATTER LEARNING TASKS MATERIALS ALLOCATION
OUTCOMES ACTIVITIES

-Identify the 1. EHICAL Ethics Facilitate the Individual activity in Internet, laptop, 9 hours
ethical aspect of DIMENSIONS OF Foundations of learners to think and google classroom
module.
human life and HUMAN EXISTENCE Moral Valuation internalize the given Cell phone, and
scope ethical by Oscar G. module for them to (PRE-LIM)
-Value ● E-Recitation Ref. book
thinking. Bulaong Jr. et learn from the
-Sources of Authority al. pp.2-14. lesson/topic and
could answer the
-Senses of the Self (YEAR 2018) activities given by the
-Define and ● E-Reflection
explain the terms teacher.
paper
that are relevant
to ethical
thinking.
● E-Quiz

-Evaluate the
difficulties that
are involved in
● Modular
maintaining
certain Worksheet
commonly-held
notion on ethics.

Internet, laptop,
google classroom
-Discuss the 2. UTILITARIANISM Ethics C3: -Written Task Cell phone, and 3 hours
basic principles Foundations of
of utilitarian -The Principle of Moral Valuation Facilitate the (Individual activity in Ref. book
ethics. Utility by Oscar G. learners to think and module)
internalize the given (MIDTERM)
-The Principle of the Bulaong Jr. et
module for them to ● E-Recitation
Greatest Number learn from the
-Justice and Moral lesson/topic and
al. pp.29-35. could answer the
Rights
(YEAR 2018) activities given by the ● E-Reflection
-distinguish teacher. paper
between two
utilitarian
models: the
quantitative ● E-Quiz
model of Jeremy
Bentham and the
quantitative
model of John ● Modular
Stuart Mill.
Worksheet
-apply
utilitarianism in
understanding
and evaluating
local and
international
scenarios.

-recognize how
Thomas Aquinas
made use of
Ancient Greek
concepts to
provide a
rational
grounding to an
ethical theory
based on the C3:
Christian Faith 3. NATURAL LAW Facilitate the
learners to think and
-Thomas Aquinas internalize the given
-identify the -Greek Heritage module for them to 12 hours
natural law in learn from the
distinction from, -The Essence and lesson/topic and
but also in Varieties of Law could answer the
relation to, the activities given by the
other types of teacher.
law mentioned
by Aquinas:
eternal law,
human law, and
divine law.

-apply the
precepts of the
natural law to
contemporary
moral concerns.

-Written Task

(Individual activity in
module)

● E-Recitation

● E-Reflection
paper

● E-Quiz
 ● Modular
Worksheet

-discuss the 3. DEONTOLOGY Ethics -Discuss the -Reflection Paper Internet, laptop, 6 hours
basic principles Foundations of deontology theory to google classroom
of Deontology. -Duty and Agency Moral Valuation the class. (Research news Cell phone, and
by Oscar G. about whistle-
-Autonomy blowing in internet Ref. book (PRE-FINAL)
Bulaong Jr. et
-Universalizability al. pp. 66-72. and react about it
-apply the C6: how society acts in
concepts of (YEAR 2018) our nation and have
agency and -Analyze the moral
issue regarding an opinion with
autonomy to strong arguments)
one’s moral whistle-blowing and
experience. the speaking truth to
power.
-Written Task

-evaluate actions (Individual activity in

using the module
universalizability
test.

-discuss the C6:

meaning and
basic principles Ethics -Research and read -1. What is
of virtue ethics Foundations of (sent module/ happiness and
5. VIRTUE ETHICS Moral Valuation /reference by the Ultimate Purpose of 9 hours

-Happiness and by Oscar G. teacher) to human person? Internet, laptop,

Ultimate Purpose Bulaong Jr. et distinguish the google classroom
-Distinguish
al. pp. 83-89. virtuous acts from Cell phone, and
virtuous acts -Virtue as Excellence non-virtuous acts. 2. How can we show
from non- (YEAR 2018 Ref. book
virtuous acts. -Moral Virtue and virtue in our daily
Mesotes values with
-apply Aristotle’s excellence?
ethics in
understanding
the Filipino 3. Make a poem
character. which distinguishes
 between virtuous
acts from non-
virtuous acts.

-identify the
different factors
that shape an
individual in her
moral decision- 1. Who is the agent
making. C4: of moral and why we
need to “know the
Ethics Facilitate the online self”?
Foundations of class to internalize
-internalize the Moral Valuation the necessary in 2. Distinguish what
necessary steps by Oscar G. making good are the three levels
toward making Bulaong Jr. et decisions in every of moral
informed moral 6. SYNTHESIS: al. pp. 102-116. action. development by 15 hours
decisions. MAKING INFORMED Lawrence Kohlberg?
DECISIONS (YEAR 2018
3. How can you build
-The Moral Agent and a good name in your (FINAL)
-apply the ethical society?
Contexts Internet, laptop,
theories or
frameworks on a. The Moral Agent 4.REFLECTION: google classroom
moral issues and Context Cell phone, and
involving the Why we need
b. Culture and Ethics harmonious social Ref. book
self, society, and
the non-human living?
c. Religion and Ethics
environment. 5. Individual Activity
d. Feelings and Moral (Writing an essay
deliberation entitled, “Why we
 e. Moral problems need to be moral in
making decisions?”
f. The Value of
studying ethical
theories or
frameworks

-Self, Society, and

Environment

a. individual/self

b. Social Life

c. The Non-human
environment

Suggested Readings Principles of teaching, Integrative teaching Approach , K12 CURRICULUM

Course Requirements 1. Attendance

2. Projects

3. Reporting

4. Written Work submitted in the Google Classroom.

5. Recitation

6. Examination
 Grading system

Written Work – 30%

Performance- 30%

Examination- 40%

Total: 100%

21st Century Literacy Legends:

Integration
C1. CHARACTER C4. CRITICAL THINKING

C2. CITIZENSHIP C5. COLLABORATION

C3. COMMUNICATION C6. CREATIVITY

Prepared by: Noted by: Inspected by: Approved by:

ELDRON M. ZAÑO, MAED, LPT RONNIE T. TAVARRO, PhD, RPSy NOLI D. BAYANI, MD, CFP, MMHoA, DEM NOLI D. BAYANI, MD, CFP, MMHoA, DEM
Instructor Program Head, AB Psychology Vice President for Academic Affairs School President